Session #075, Work #065

I’m reminded of a drawing by Andrew Wyeth of an older woman, and even though the drawing was in charcoal you could tell that she was wearing two type of fabric, one silk, one cotton. With that in mind a chose a subject today that would indicate a very different type of service, metallic.

Unlike the previous drawing, I really took my time here getting the measurements correct. As always, at my current expertise this is the best course, slow and practiced.

The Drawing

The Setup

My hierarchy of painting importance

Drawing

Value

Edges

Composition

Color

Drawing

How can I improve the drawing

I’m very happy how close the drawing is with the subject. Drawing an ellipse exactly like the subject is difficult. The shadow is the worst drawn part of this, and that isn’t really super bad.

Value

How can I improve the values?

The back gray wall, its actually the backside of my mirror, is much too light as compared to the subject. I could have gone darker with every value actually, although I’m not sure if the charcoal could have achieved the black areas.